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Gl ROGERS G G. L. DONOVAN.

DRAWER PULL.

No. 263,963. Patented sept. 5, 1882.

UNITED STATES c PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT ROGERS AND GEORGE L. DONOVAN, OF ll/IERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, y

ASSIGNORS TO C. ROGERS & BROS., OF SAME PLACE.

DRAWER-PU LL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,963, dated September 5, 1882. l Application iled May 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that we, GILBERT ROGERS and GEORGE L.DoNovAN, ofMeriden,in thecounty ot' New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Drawer-Pulls 5 and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a sectional side view; Fig. 2, the cast-metal head attached to the screw; Fig. 3, the head cast with its shank for attachment to `the screw; Fig.r4, the cap as prepared for attachment; Fig. 5, the cap attached.

' This invention relates to an improvement in that class of drawer-pulls which consist of a knob hinged to a spindle which is attached to the front of the drawer, and so that the knob will fall down into vertical position in front of the drawer when not in use, but readily lifted into a horizontal position when it is desired to open the drawer.v In the usual construction the head of the spindle ismade of cast-brassV or similar metal turned and tin,- ished. This turning and tinishing of the head ol' the spindle is a considerable portion of the expense in the manufacture of this class of drawer-pulls. q

The object of this invention is to simplify and cheapen this construction 5 and it consists in casting the head of the'spindle from white or other cheap metal, then covering the head end with a cap struck up from thin brass .or similar metal closed upon the head,V so that the 4cap in itself produces the required nished sur- 4face, as more fully hereinafter described.

The spindle in this class of pulls is of two i kinds-inst, one in which the screw is made a part of the spindle, and the other in which the spindle is made as a nut, that is tapped to i screw onto a bolt inserted from the inside of the drawer-front. The rst is shown in Fig. 1, and the second in Fig. 3; but in either the 45 finishing of the head end is the same.

A represents the screw part of the spindle, upon the end of which a head, B, of whitemetal, is cast, in suitable molds, so as to become a permanent part of the screw. In the 5o case of the second class the head B is cast with an extension, C, to extend into the drawerfront, where the extension is internally threaded. This may be cast upon a threaded screw, and then when cold the screw withdrawn, leaving a complete thread thereon. After the head has been thus cast a cap, D, of thin brass or other suitable metal, Fig. 4, is placed upon the head, and, by suitable dies or instruments, is closed down thereon, as seen in Fig. 5. The 6o exterior of this cap may be of any desirable shape or style, simple or elaborate. It being shaped` in dies, one style is no more experisive than another to make, and is as readily applied to the head. The surface of the cap is smooth, ready for plating, burnishing, or other final finishing. The cap is produced and attached to the head at much less expense than the cast head can be inished, and may be made more ornamental than it is practica- 7o ble to make a cast-metal head. The head thus nished is drilled for the pivot, and then the knob hung thereto in the usual manner.

We claim- The herein-described improvement in drawerpulls, consisting of the cast-metal head B,

provided withscrew attachment, and with a struck-up sheet-metal cap, D, closed thereon, and the knob hinged to the capped head, substantially as described.

` GILBERT ROGERS.

GEORGE L. DONOVAN.

W'itnesses JOHN Q. THAYER, HENRY E. J oHNs. 

